king of Moab
E473955
The king of Moab was the monarch who governed the ancient kingdom of Moab, a Transjordanian state frequently mentioned in biblical and Near Eastern historical sources.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Balak king of Moab | 1 |
| King Balak of Moab | 1 |
| king of Moab canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4814899 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: king of Moab Context triple: [Moabites, rulerTitle, king of Moab]
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A.
Ar of Moab
Ar of Moab was an ancient Moabite city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, located east of the Dead Sea in what is now modern-day Jordan.
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B.
Sihon king of the Amorites
Sihon king of the Amorites was a Canaanite ruler mentioned in the Hebrew Bible whose defeat by the Israelites opened the way for their control of key Transjordanian territories.
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C.
Og king of Bashan
Og, king of Bashan, is a biblical Amorite ruler remembered as one of the last of the Rephaim giants and a formidable opponent of the Israelites in the Transjordan region.
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D.
King Moabdar
King Moabdar is a fictional monarch in Voltaire’s philosophical tale "Zadig," serving as the ruler whose court and decisions shape much of the story’s political and moral drama.
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E.
Moab son of Lot
Moab son of Lot is a biblical figure described in the Book of Genesis as the progenitor of the Moabite people, traditionally associated with the region east of the Dead Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: king of Moab Target entity description: The king of Moab was the monarch who governed the ancient kingdom of Moab, a Transjordanian state frequently mentioned in biblical and Near Eastern historical sources.
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A.
Ar of Moab
Ar of Moab was an ancient Moabite city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, located east of the Dead Sea in what is now modern-day Jordan.
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B.
Sihon king of the Amorites
Sihon king of the Amorites was a Canaanite ruler mentioned in the Hebrew Bible whose defeat by the Israelites opened the way for their control of key Transjordanian territories.
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C.
Og king of Bashan
Og, king of Bashan, is a biblical Amorite ruler remembered as one of the last of the Rephaim giants and a formidable opponent of the Israelites in the Transjordan region.
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D.
King Moabdar
King Moabdar is a fictional monarch in Voltaire’s philosophical tale "Zadig," serving as the ruler whose court and decisions shape much of the story’s political and moral drama.
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E.
Moab son of Lot
Moab son of Lot is a biblical figure described in the Book of Genesis as the progenitor of the Moabite people, traditionally associated with the region east of the Dead Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
monarch
ⓘ
position of authority ⓘ royal title ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Kingdom of Moab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital |
Ar of Moab
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dibon NERFINISHED ⓘ Kir-hareseth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Moab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Assyrian royal inscriptions
ⓘ
Egyptian records ⓘ Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesha Stele NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolvedOrAbolished | 6th century BCE ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Moabites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
provincial governors under Babylonian rule
ⓘ
provincial governors under Persian rule ⓘ |
| hasAlly |
Amalekites
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Aramean kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ Midianites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDuty |
collection of tribute and taxes
ⓘ
defense of Moabite territory ⓘ maintenance of temples and cult of Chemosh ⓘ |
| hasEnemy |
Ammon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edom NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Moabite army
ⓘ
royal administration of Moab ⓘ royal court of Moab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole |
chief priest of state cult
ⓘ
military leader ⓘ supreme judge ⓘ |
| hasTitle | king ⓘ |
| inception | late 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Moabite language
ⓘ
Northwest Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Transjordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | ancient Near Eastern monarchies ⓘ |
| positionHeldBy |
Balak of Moab
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chemosh-nadab NERFINISHED ⓘ Eglon of Moab NERFINISHED ⓘ Kammosh-yat NERFINISHED ⓘ Kammosh-ʿatbat NERFINISHED ⓘ Malkomor NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesha of Moab NERFINISHED ⓘ unknown earlier Moabite kings ⓘ ʿAshtar-Chemosh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Moabite religion
ⓘ
West Semitic polytheism ⓘ |
| religiousHeadOf | cult of Chemosh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
royal palace of Dibon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
royal palace of Kir-hareseth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: king of Moab Description of subject: The king of Moab was the monarch who governed the ancient kingdom of Moab, a Transjordanian state frequently mentioned in biblical and Near Eastern historical sources.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Balak king of Moab
this entity surface form:
King Balak of Moab